The decision by around 10,000 fans to stage a 77th-minute walkout of Anfield during the Liverpool-Sunderland game was the clearest indication yet that vast numbers of supporters have been driven to breaking point over the failure of teams to share some of their new £8.3 billion television contract, a windfall set to widen the gulf between those within the game and those who pay to follow it.

"The decision to implement the most expensive seats in the club’s history has led to uproar on Merseyside and the backlash during the game against Sunderland has brought this issue sharply into focus," wrote Carragher.

"I was at Anfield on Saturday when Liverpool fans took their stand about the club publishing a price list for tickets next season that will cost as much as £77. I walked out, along with another 10,000 or so, in the 77th minute.

"People have said to me since then ‘it’s ok for you on your big wages, that’s why the prices are so high’. I was paid well, yes, but I was there for 17 years and in comparison to some of the other players who were in that squad, it was fair.

Empty seats at Anfield

"That’s what you want ticket prices to be: fair. I know the increase will not impact on me but I also know plenty about my city - £77 is too much to watch a game anywhere but that price is particularly over the top in Liverpool."

Carragher claimed that the proposed increase in ticket prices next season would generate Liverpool's Fenway Sports Group owners just £2million - an amount he says "would not make the slightest difference" to the club.

The Grim Reaper at Anfield

"Liverpool generate around £35million from ticket income," he said. "Had FSG announced a freeze on prices when the new stand was completed, the income would have risen to £37m. The increase means they could generate £39m.

"All this for the sake of £2m for the ninth richest club in the world! That would not make the slightest difference when it comes to negotiating for a player. If Jurgen Klopp wants to sign someone and the asking price is £2m more than Liverpool expected, will they miss out on the player? No. But £2m back in the pockets of fans? That would be huge.

"The club say that £77 gets you the best seat in the newest stand in the country but why should that be an elitist thing? Why can’t the normal working man have the chance to sit there? It isn’t fair."

Carragher's stance came after Klopp showed his empathy with the fans, saying the club must heed the "signs" and compromise with supporters to resolve the ticket dispute.

“We have to really think about it and to have talks. I know Ian Ayre [chief executive] has already had some talks but we are in contact and that is very important,” Klopp said. “We are really interested in finding a solution.

“We should talk about this, with as much people as possible, and hopefully in the end find a solution that everyone can be satisfied with. I’m not worried, no. There is always a reason for a situation like there was on Saturday. It was not a situation where one game you have 40,000, the next 39,000, the next 38,000, 37, 36 and so on. But it was a sign on Saturday and I think it was easy to understand. Now we have to talk about it. This club is a really big club that has faced a few difficult situations in the history of Liverpool FC. These other problems were bigger than the problem we have in this moment but supporters never, ever lost their love of the club and that will not happen now.

“We have our job to do on the pitch, which is easier to help people enjoy the game, we will try, and I know the owners are really interested in having a good relationship with our supporters. We understood the sign, I think, and now we look for a solution.”